All pictures on this page
relate to our new dressing rooms being built by the club within our
existing complex. This consists of four dressing rooms, Referee's room and
store room on the ground floor, and a meeting room, kitchen, and large
open meeting room/future gym room on the first floor, with the provision
of a sports hall being built adjacent to the dressing rooms in the
future.
The club would like to thank the National Lottery, Munster Council, Cork
County GAA Board and all our local supporters for all there monetary help
on this project.
A lot of work has gone into
this project over the last few years and more is planned for in the
future, with the building of an indoor playing area connected to the new
structure.

The Official Opening
took place on Thursday 2nd August, and the complex was opened by the
Chairman of the Cork County Board Jim Cronin, and was blessed by the
Bishop of Cork and Ross, John Buckley.

Southern Star Report

Former GAA
President Con Murphy and current chairman Cork Co. GAA Board, Jim Cronin,
seen cutting the tape in officially opening the new dressing room complex
at the Courcey Rovers GAA grounds. Also in picture is Piper John Madden
who led the guests into the building.

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After many years of planning, Jim Cronin, chairman of Cork County GAA Board,
and Con Murphy, former National President and President of the South East Board,
in front of many local dignitaries and onlookers, officially opened the new Courcey Rovers GAA dressing rooms last weekend,
as part of an ongoing
club development programme.
The attendance also included Bishop John Buckley, who blessed the premises,
Canon Thomas Kelleher, PP, Ballinspittle, Jim Forbes, vice-chairman, Cork
County Board, John Twomey, chairman, South East Board, and Liam Webb, runaí, Michael McCarthy, vice-chairman, Cork County Council,
local politicians Jim O'Keeffe, TD, Paddy Sheehan, TD, and councillors Alan Coleman and Kevin
Murphy, as well as officers and members of the Courcey Rovers GAA Club.
The building, which holds dressing rooms and meeting rooms, is the first phase in a two-phased project for the club,
who aim to provide an indoor hall in the near
future incorporating the present building capable of holding training sessions and events indoors.
It commands a very prominent site adjacent to the GAA pitch in Ballinspittle
and the club has transferred the changing rooms from the community centre,
which was also on the GAA site.
At the opening ceremony, Raymond Maloney, club chairman, welcomed
everyone present to the opening, and paid tribute to the committee, the active fund raisers and the community at large who contributed
greatly towards the building project, the results which could now be seen.
"Along with the help of our Lotto, the National Lottery, golf classics at the Old Head of Kinsale, fund raising projects and donations from the GAA,
we have here a building which will more than be adequate for the needs of the club, with facilities and space to expand in the near future,"
said Mr.Maloney .
He outlined the brief history in obtaining the land, the funds and designs
and the team behind the project and paid tribute to everyone who was associated with the programme since its inception.
Congratulations were also given to the club by many of the dignitaries who were present, commenting on the ambitious programme for one of the
most motivated and successful clubs of late in the South East division, where the GAA club and community are entwined.
After all of the speeches, a cheese and wine reception was hosted by the ladies committee, while music was supplied by piper John Madden from
Ballinhassig and Michael Ahern from Kinsale. Also present at the function were many club members, officials,
both past and present, who were witness to the continuing development of the club which was founded in 1947 and has become one of the most successful
and vibrant clubs in the Carrigdhoun division over the last few years.

Can people still remember back that
far

The
main building was finished but nothing was finished inside

Brendan is the traffic warden.

All the local members helped out the day of filling up the bank to enlarge
the car park.

After all
the hard work in building the complex, why not try and keepit
clean..

The view of the second pitch from the main meeting room

A lovely shade of white Donal
(And more white, and more white and more white). After this photo was taken Cora fell off the ladder, and
now the floors are a lovely shade of white too.

The view of the Function Room

A bad picture of the future Gym

A better view of the famous wall
that started the whole thing

The New sports hall will go between
the wall on the left and the dressingrooms

The View from the new car-park

The View from the old car-park

...............More pictures
of the opening are on the way shortly..............